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Subject: [OHMEIGS] Obituary - Mary M. (Stewart) Roberts
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 08:54:09 EDT

Republican-Herald, Friday Dec. 7, 1900

Mary M., daughter of Sidney A. and Elizabeth Stewart, was born at Long
Bottom, Ohio, May 31st, 1852, and died Nov. 27th, 1900, age 48 years, 5
months and 27 days.

She united with the Methodist Church in 1864, when about 12 years of age and
continued a faithful member all through life.

She was married Nov. 16th, 1871, to Clinton A. Roberts. Six children were
born to them, five of whom William G., Ethel M., Rita S., Clarence F. and
Avery M., are living, and one Sherwood K., is dead.

She was a kind, loving, devoted wife and mother, whose whole mind seemed bent
on making her home happy. She gave her best efforts to training her children
to follow in the straight and narrow path. Her home was for many years a
house of prayer. Morning and evening the Holy Word was read and she took her
turn with her husband in leading in prayer, and in his absence carried on the
word alone. She wore her Bibles out with use, and the ones she has used that
have been kept are written through with dates when certain chapters were
read. She was faithful in her church work when her health permitted to
attend.

Why in the Providence of God, her life was permitted to go out in the
blackness of midnight, eternity alone can reveal. But we know that God
dwells in the thick darkness, and although clouds and darkness are round
about Him, yet Justice and Judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Long Bottom
on Thursday, Nov. 29, conducted by Rev. Lorenzo R. Swan.

Transcribed by:
Connie Cotterill Schumaker

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